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Drug & Alcohol policy

Drug & Alcohol Policy

It is the Company Policy that no seafarer employed shall navigate the vessel, operates machinery or carries out his duty whilst drugs or alcohol impairs him or suspected to be under the impairment of alcohol or drugs.

Drugs

The possession, use, trafficking of any kind of illegal drugs and for any reason on board the ship is prohibited.

The misuse of legitimate drugs, or the use, possession, distribution or sale of illicit or un-prescribed controlled drugs on board ship is prohibited.

Any use of a prescribed controlled drug which causes, or contributes to unacceptable job performance or unusual job behavior should require the seafarer to be excused from duty until such times as he is repatriated, or treatment and its after-effects cease.

The suggested list of substances to be prohibited should include, but not be limited to marijuana, cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine (PCP) and amphetamines and their derivatives.

The Company will not authorize the employment of any persons who are users of or have a recent record of the use of illegal drugs or have abused the use of prescribed drugs. Any crewmember found in contravention of the Company’s drug policy will be instantly dismissed.

Alcohol

Alcohol is not allowed aboard ship. Under this Policy, maximum alcohol has been defined as blood alcohol content of 40 mg / 100 ml or 0.04% BAC according to OCIMF guidelines for the control of alcohol onboard ships.

In order to enforce this policy:

Mandatory pre-joining urine tests for all seafarers.

Disciplinary Action

Seafarers found to be in violation of this Policy shall be immediately released from duty and disciplinary action will be taken. Adherence to this Policy is considered as a term of employment. Masters and Company will cooperate in full with the authorities in cases of illegal drug trafficking or possession.